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FLM4200 Concepts and History | Queen Mary, University of London 09/27/21 FLM4200 Concepts and History | Queen Mary, University of London FLM4200 Concepts and History View Online Module convenors: Dr Guy Westwell and Dr Anat Pick 1:1 The cinema of attractions Prezi (no date). 1:2 Rise of the story film Prezi (no date). 1:3 Birth of a Nation Prezi (no date). Available at: https://prezi.com/xddthwuyzpyg/edit/#0_24309637. 1:4 Performance Prezi (no date). 1:5 Sound Prezi (no date). 1:6 Censorship Prezi (no date). 1:8 Narrative Prezi (no date). 1:9 Mise-en-scene and cinematography Prezi (no date). 1.10 Classical Hollywood Cinema Prezi (no date). 2.1 Editing Prezi (no date). 2:2 Race, Communism and the Hollywood Blacklist Prezi (no date). 2.3 Technology Prezi (no date). 2:8 New Hollywood Prezi (no date). 2:11 Lone Star (i) Prezi (no date). 2:12 Lone Star (ii) Prezi (no date). ¡Alambrista!: Inside the Undocumented Experience - From the Current - The Criterion Collection (no date). 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